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things go well or not well, it's going to be that these things happened in the obama era, not the john boehner era. and presidents have to lead, and presidents have to learn how. and in this case we got up to the goal line. he didn't take it over the end, the finish line here. and so we live in a country -- [applause] with those, where the maximum burden is on the president. but if you, when you, if you look at the book, you will see that dealing with the republicans is not really an easy thing. and as -- [applause] i left to value office, president obama said, you know, if bob dole or newt gingrich had .. >> well thanks for coming out on a random wednesday night. i really appreciate it. i apologize for my voice. i have a cold that i caught from my 2-year-old, but, anyway, again, this is the book. it came out two weeks ago. my first book was about my relationship with my adopted black brother, david, and growing up in a rural town in indiana, and then being sent off to a reform school in the dominican republic. there were oddly parallels between the two books as far as race and kind of belongi
things go well or not well, it's going to be that these things happened in the obama era, not the john boehner era. and presidents have to lead, and presidents have to learn how. and in this case we got up to the goal line. he didn't take it over the end, the finish line here. and so we live in a country -- [applause] with those, where the maximum burden is on the president. but if you, when you, if you look at the book, you will see that dealing with the republicans is not really an easy...
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how does barack obama help boehner do that? and that's going to be i think big key fiscal issue coming up >> one toshiba will be competitive in 2014, mitch mcconnell see. whether in the primary or the general election, he actually concerned about his reelection. he's been raising like $1 million a quarter in the off year. every quarter for the last year and a half or so. he hired rand paul's campaign manager. ron paul's former presidential campaign chairman to come right his race in 2012. so he assisted by turning -- preparing for the contest's. he has a tough spot. emitted comment your colleague, major garrett, our top priority is stopping barack obama. congressional approval rating went down to historic lows 10%. and they suffered last night. one bad thing about, you talk about statements being made when the television cameras are on the one bad thing about this polarization that we have worked at we usually only watch msnbc or only watch fox and only talk to people that want to hear from is that you begin to adopt this alter
how does barack obama help boehner do that? and that's going to be i think big key fiscal issue coming up >> one toshiba will be competitive in 2014, mitch mcconnell see. whether in the primary or the general election, he actually concerned about his reelection. he's been raising like $1 million a quarter in the off year. every quarter for the last year and a half or so. he hired rand paul's campaign manager. ron paul's former presidential campaign chairman to come right his race in 2012....
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so, just does speaker boehner have the votes for his proposal? >> guest: i think the question will be does the president have the votes? because the speaker put some things out in terms of entitlements and democrats are willing and screaming that can't be part of it, yet all of them privately will tell you what's driving the deficit more than any single thing of medicare and medicaid and longer-term social security, so the mere fact that we are discussing those types of things fit. in terms of the votes, look, if it's going to be a deal there has to be votes from both sides. the reality is -- and these guys, the president and the speaker dealt with one another before. they've never been able to come to a deal. they came to a huge deal during the lame-duck session in 2010 on extending the bush tax cuts. they came to another deal without shutting down the government in april of 2011 cutting discretionary spending by billions of dollars and they came to another one on the debt ceiling as well which was a 2.2 trillion dollar long-term reduction in ex
so, just does speaker boehner have the votes for his proposal? >> guest: i think the question will be does the president have the votes? because the speaker put some things out in terms of entitlements and democrats are willing and screaming that can't be part of it, yet all of them privately will tell you what's driving the deficit more than any single thing of medicare and medicaid and longer-term social security, so the mere fact that we are discussing those types of things fit. in...
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here's what speaker boehner sa said. "it's about time we roll up our sleeves and get to work." unfortunately, leader cantor's comments seem to reflect house republicans' true intentions more so than speaker boehner's quote. and that's a terrible shame. leader cantor and the house republicans are shrinking from a potentially historic moment. i have a message for leader cantor -- you may have abandoned any intention to legislate this year but we will not bow to election-year politics here in the senate. the nation needs us and we have too much to do. all around this chamber there are green chutes of bipartisan activity. in the last two months alone, we have overhauled the postal system, approved a multiyear transportation program, renewed the violence against women act, streamlined drug approval rules at the f.d.a., renewed the export-import bank, and passed a bill to help business start-ups. we've confirmed 20 judges and put the federal reserve board at full strength for the first time in six years. and just this morning, we moved to proceed to a farm bill, the first overhaul of
here's what speaker boehner sa said. "it's about time we roll up our sleeves and get to work." unfortunately, leader cantor's comments seem to reflect house republicans' true intentions more so than speaker boehner's quote. and that's a terrible shame. leader cantor and the house republicans are shrinking from a potentially historic moment. i have a message for leader cantor -- you may have abandoned any intention to legislate this year but we will not bow to election-year politics...
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it's not necessarily the house's fault, although you could talk about boehner in some sense, but the supercommittee to me is emblematic of the biggest failure. the assumption behind it was if we dispense with all democratic process and accountability and meet in secret, maybe then we'll have bipartisanship in progress. maybe that's how we should deal with all of the most difficult problems rolled uppingping toge. and that's how we summarized it at the time. we worked on the supercommittee transparency act to try to beat the thing back. it was really a deeply us frustrating thing. hopefully, that never comes up as a good idea because i think it was terrible. on top of that, though, i think the supercommittee made it clear that some of the terms defined in the house and senate rules are not defined well enough. so the supercommittee was able to say that their meetings were public because when they were meeting for ten hours a day in the cdc visitor' center, it wasn't a meeting because they weren't voting when it was, obviously, a meeting. every journalist basically said, this is crazy.
it's not necessarily the house's fault, although you could talk about boehner in some sense, but the supercommittee to me is emblematic of the biggest failure. the assumption behind it was if we dispense with all democratic process and accountability and meet in secret, maybe then we'll have bipartisanship in progress. maybe that's how we should deal with all of the most difficult problems rolled uppingping toge. and that's how we summarized it at the time. we worked on the supercommittee...
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i remember calling up a guy before i worked for romney i worked for boehner in the majority leader officer, i called up the digital guy tell me about twitter. how it's going work. he said you don't need to know it. it's not a big thing. here we're now, i notice during the campaign so much of what we did was driven from the bottom up through twitter. and -- even when i was on the plane. we would do the different gaggle. she would do it on a bigger plane. air force one. we call pear force one. i would got back of the plane and gaggle for fifteen or twint minutes. by the time i would come back i would come back on twitter and say it made news. >> people responded and taked you on twitter. >> when you say people you don't mean people you mean reporters. >> or people. [laughter] reporters are not people. >> that was on the free to be you and me. the reporters are people. but you mean this was the kind of back stage conversation you were watching playout on twitter? sometimes real people. it was more important how the journalist were using twitter. >> yeah. it became a incredible news. you could
i remember calling up a guy before i worked for romney i worked for boehner in the majority leader officer, i called up the digital guy tell me about twitter. how it's going work. he said you don't need to know it. it's not a big thing. here we're now, i notice during the campaign so much of what we did was driven from the bottom up through twitter. and -- even when i was on the plane. we would do the different gaggle. she would do it on a bigger plane. air force one. we call pear force one. i...
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speaker boehner told its members to get behind and make a bill because it bears a stand. well, the senate bill bears the bipartisan stamp and i just heard the speaker boehner has now said that he wants to pass the senate bill or something close to it. he should stick to that commitment and get it done right away. last time the speaker tried to do a bipartisan bill he came to regret it. the speaker should remember the lesson of the payroll tax cut debate and not repeat his mistakes. whenever he lets a small group on the hard right dictate what he should do, he loses. and america loses and bipartisanship loses. we hope he has learned that lesson. it's clear he's wrestling with it. not only in his mind, but inexperienced statements is only one right past. and while we're at it come the same thing is happening on the budget. yesterday the assist you less reported a story that undersea party pressure the house gop may renege on a budget deal. the speaker should remember a deal is a deal. the house republican leadership should not go back on their word, just to quell another up
speaker boehner told its members to get behind and make a bill because it bears a stand. well, the senate bill bears the bipartisan stamp and i just heard the speaker boehner has now said that he wants to pass the senate bill or something close to it. he should stick to that commitment and get it done right away. last time the speaker tried to do a bipartisan bill he came to regret it. the speaker should remember the lesson of the payroll tax cut debate and not repeat his mistakes. whenever he...
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house speaker john boehner talked about it this morning on the floor of the house. >> my colleagues, in recent days americans of every faith and political persuasion has mobilized to an objection to a rule put forward by the obama administration that constitutes an unambiguous attack, it would require faith-based employers including catholic charities, schools, universities and hospitals to provide services they believe are immoral. those services include sterilization abortion, inducing drugs, and contraception. in imposing this requirement the federal government has drifted dangerously beyond its constitutional boundaries encroaching on religious freedom in a manner that affects millions of americans and harms some of our nation's most vital institutions. if the president does not reverse the department's attack on religious freedom, then the congress acting on behalf of the american people and the constitution that we're sworn to uphold and defend must. the house will approach this matter fairly and deliberately through regular order and an appropriate legislative channels because
house speaker john boehner talked about it this morning on the floor of the house. >> my colleagues, in recent days americans of every faith and political persuasion has mobilized to an objection to a rule put forward by the obama administration that constitutes an unambiguous attack, it would require faith-based employers including catholic charities, schools, universities and hospitals to provide services they believe are immoral. those services include sterilization abortion, inducing...
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but the tea pert and people like allen west wouldn't let boehner make a deal. every was on at the table but the tea party wouldn't let it happen. now we have see sequestration. looming cults at the end of the year that our economy cannot sustain. it's because of the extremism that we couldn't reach those compromises. >> the see sequestration what probe's -- president president s idea. >> you voted for it. >> and guess what? i also brought legislation to the house floor to stave off the sequestration for a year or two years. i'm taking action. >> we're talking about pending cuts and social programs, before the end of the year, jonathan, good point to hop off to medicare and health care. jonathan, your question, i believe, goes to mr. murphy for one minute. insure... murphy: sure, that is the kaiser family foundation study that you are referring to that said that under the plan, 60% of seniors are going to face cost increases. so, this is something that needs to be addressed when people are looking at the plan and what happened here. under the ryan plan that my o
but the tea pert and people like allen west wouldn't let boehner make a deal. every was on at the table but the tea party wouldn't let it happen. now we have see sequestration. looming cults at the end of the year that our economy cannot sustain. it's because of the extremism that we couldn't reach those compromises. >> the see sequestration what probe's -- president president s idea. >> you voted for it. >> and guess what? i also brought legislation to the house floor to...
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just listen to the voices within speaker boehner's own party. there we go. a kent conrad i am not in terms of my facility with charts. it's clear that speaker boehner has needed cover from his right flank before he could agree to any deal on taxes with the president. the speaker didn't have it before, but he sure has it now. when "the wall street journal" editorial page says that decoupling would not go against conservatives' antitax principles, that gives a whole lot of cover to the speaker. when grover norquist refuses to declare whether decoupling would violate his group's pledge, that, too, gives a whole lot of cover to the speaker. and when more and more rank-and-file republicans come out publicly every day in favor of passing the senate bill, that, too, gives cover to the speaker. you really have to absolute cram tom cole. he was the first one on the other side to dare speak the truth about what should be done on taxes and he's been on tv almost every day making the case to his party in public. the day after congressman cole went public he was dismisse
just listen to the voices within speaker boehner's own party. there we go. a kent conrad i am not in terms of my facility with charts. it's clear that speaker boehner has needed cover from his right flank before he could agree to any deal on taxes with the president. the speaker didn't have it before, but he sure has it now. when "the wall street journal" editorial page says that decoupling would not go against conservatives' antitax principles, that gives a whole lot of cover to the...
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john boehner. mr. speaker, thank you for coming again. [applause] >> also joining us is the state president of the north dakota eternal order of police. grant benjamin, he is here today representing the national border directors and owner of the lost board of directors member from the fraternal order of police steve kenner who passed away in the line of duty in 2011. steve was the fourth national board member of the f.o.p. to die in the line of duty and grant is here today representing those four, but more especially his friend, steve kenner. thank you, grant. [applause] >> next i welcome linda henning, national president of fraternal order of police auxiliary, our partners in this memorial service. shall be welcoming you all in a few minutes. turning now to my left, please welcome paul irving, the sergeant at arms of the house of representatives. this is his first service as the house sergeant at arms, and we are very grateful for his presence. [applause] >> next is the acting chief of our host agency denied state capitol police. tom rey
john boehner. mr. speaker, thank you for coming again. [applause] >> also joining us is the state president of the north dakota eternal order of police. grant benjamin, he is here today representing the national border directors and owner of the lost board of directors member from the fraternal order of police steve kenner who passed away in the line of duty in 2011. steve was the fourth national board member of the f.o.p. to die in the line of duty and grant is here today representing...
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john boehner, as speaker of the house should provide leadership to ensure a debt deal gets done. i believe bob woodward had interviews with boehner and the president we were complaining about bet debate and it fell flat but these guys are fighting about the amount of taxes and spending. one year later we're waiting for the fiscal cliff. apple has been very successful making products that they want but they are sitting on $40 billion of cash and much of that is overseas. it is not coming back unless there is an environment that is favorable for apple. i don't know where it spends its money in the u.s. but there's a lot of the balance sheet that is overseas. if they brought their money back if you think apple is successful now they could be a bigger contributor by hiring employees. yes, a proud american company but look on the other side of your iphone designed in california, and made in china at. >>host: last call comes from jefferson organic from the republican side. >> caller: hello. it is an honor to talk to you. iowa cnbc from squawk to the closing bell. is any of the money fr
john boehner, as speaker of the house should provide leadership to ensure a debt deal gets done. i believe bob woodward had interviews with boehner and the president we were complaining about bet debate and it fell flat but these guys are fighting about the amount of taxes and spending. one year later we're waiting for the fiscal cliff. apple has been very successful making products that they want but they are sitting on $40 billion of cash and much of that is overseas. it is not coming back...
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we need speaker boehner to actually bring it to a vote. it means standing up for american jobs when china cheats. without aggressive enforce many of trade law, this unlevel playing field will cost hundreds of thousands of american jobs. it is born from the realization that the stakes are too high for our workers, our manufacturers, our economy if we don't fight back. we need an all-hands-on-deck approach at the u.s. trade represent, at the department of state, at the department of commerce to be involved in more aggressive, especially by initiating more trade actions. we know that our trade actions stablize -- we know that our actions stablize the auto industry. we know that enforcement of trade law transplates into steel jobs and paper jobs and tire jobs and other jobs. we know it's time to continue fighting for and investing in american manufacturing. thank you, mr. president. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. br
we need speaker boehner to actually bring it to a vote. it means standing up for american jobs when china cheats. without aggressive enforce many of trade law, this unlevel playing field will cost hundreds of thousands of american jobs. it is born from the realization that the stakes are too high for our workers, our manufacturers, our economy if we don't fight back. we need an all-hands-on-deck approach at the u.s. trade represent, at the department of state, at the department of commerce to...
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speaker bane put out the -- speaker boehner is willing to talk, and that's what negotiations are about. i just look at these, the clinton-bush tax cut issues and where you put the rates as a major part of the solution. when you look at the amount of the money you can bring in, and you add that into some of the deductions, but that is a big chunk of change. >> in the press conference, the president left flex the between them. >> they did cross their blackberries, so, you know, clearly, it is showing flexibility which is important. >> this is going to be a congress in which you think we are going, by the end of the year, sorted out the fiscal cliff, confident of that? >> i think we have to sort out part of it with a plan moving forward. i don't think every t will be crossed, but there's doctors reimbursement issues, the estate tax issue to keep exemptions in place where they are now. there are -- there is a number of things that should get done at the end of the year and others extended as long as it's clear there's an end date here, two or three months, whatever we want to do. comprehen
speaker bane put out the -- speaker boehner is willing to talk, and that's what negotiations are about. i just look at these, the clinton-bush tax cut issues and where you put the rates as a major part of the solution. when you look at the amount of the money you can bring in, and you add that into some of the deductions, but that is a big chunk of change. >> in the press conference, the president left flex the between them. >> they did cross their blackberries, so, you know,...
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the next step, speaker boehner is the deal with the revenue side. if we pass -- if the house passes the senate bill, it provides about $850 billion in revenue from not extending additional tax relief for those whose incomes are above $250,000. we already did over a trillion dollars of discretionary domestic spending cuts, $850 billion of revenue, that's not enough. we're going to need more revenue. it's not going to be easy to find but by closing looms we can get additional loopholes, we talked about tax reform, we can get additional revenues from tax reform. but then it comes to additional savings. we agree we can get additional savings. i've taken the floor and talked about the fact we know in our military budget we are bringing our troops home from afghanistan. mr. president, i applaud your efforts to try try to get those troops home sooner. i agree with you, from afghanistan. but our troops are coming home. and our baseline budget reflects a much higher troop level, active troop level than we need. we call it the overseas contingency accounts an
the next step, speaker boehner is the deal with the revenue side. if we pass -- if the house passes the senate bill, it provides about $850 billion in revenue from not extending additional tax relief for those whose incomes are above $250,000. we already did over a trillion dollars of discretionary domestic spending cuts, $850 billion of revenue, that's not enough. we're going to need more revenue. it's not going to be easy to find but by closing looms we can get additional loopholes, we talked...
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no, i think boehner has been very clear. i think rev news are -- revenues are on the table. life's filled with compromises, we'll see where that goes. so, no, last time, you're right, it didn't work. we weren't facing quite the same set of circumstances we're facing today, and so i'm cautiously optimistic, although i will also just say lastly that people sometimes say, okay, there's either a deal that looks like simpson-bowles or we go off the cliff. we could end up with all kinds of outcomes that may be less than i would like, maybe less that all of you would like or at least something. i'm hoping it's more over here. but i don't know. >> and, steve, so we are gathered here to talk about u.s. global competitiveness. how important is resolving these issues to the american position in the global economy? >> well, first of all, i think it's important not just to our position in the global economy, but our position in the world. admiral mullen who is the previous chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said our greatest national security threat was our lack of fiscal resources an
no, i think boehner has been very clear. i think rev news are -- revenues are on the table. life's filled with compromises, we'll see where that goes. so, no, last time, you're right, it didn't work. we weren't facing quite the same set of circumstances we're facing today, and so i'm cautiously optimistic, although i will also just say lastly that people sometimes say, okay, there's either a deal that looks like simpson-bowles or we go off the cliff. we could end up with all kinds of outcomes...
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speaker boehner is saying all right, mr. president, you won the election, you want more taxes, we're willing to do that. we don't want to do it, we think it will hurt the economy, but we're willing to do it. but to minimize the damage on the economy, at least do it through eliminating these loopholes, these so-called deductions and credits and special provisions. don't try to do it by raising tax rates because that directly hits the small business that you're trying to help create jobs right now. here is what small businesses care about. like i said, you have a dad and his two sons. maybe mom does the accounting for the firm and so on. they have to be concerned about the estate tax. the small businesses spend a lot of money trying to plan around paying the estate tax. on january 1 if we don't do anything, there is only a million dollars exempted. if you have a small business with a bunch of trucks and equipment and like, you're going to have far more than a million dollars in assets in the business. same thing for a farm. an
speaker boehner is saying all right, mr. president, you won the election, you want more taxes, we're willing to do that. we don't want to do it, we think it will hurt the economy, but we're willing to do it. but to minimize the damage on the economy, at least do it through eliminating these loopholes, these so-called deductions and credits and special provisions. don't try to do it by raising tax rates because that directly hits the small business that you're trying to help create jobs right...
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how have the lawmakers in the house and the house speaker john boehner reacted to his latest proposal the would freeze the interest rates for the year? >> they are unwilling to look at until they see that the senate could actually pass a bill to read this has been an on going back and forth between the house and senate the student loan issue and the highway bill issue for several months now. the house has passed a bill to freeze the subsidized student loan interest rate for one-year for a federal health prevention fund as part of obama's health plan as the offset for it. since the past that they feel no need to act until they see the senate passing something and it's on clear whether they will so they're basically not even paying attention to it. >> what is the status of the conference committee on renewing the surface transportation programs? >> the conferees of the transportation committee in the house and the senate have been exchanging papers back and forth for several weeks and say they are working very hard. the problem is they haven't even touched some of the top line controver
how have the lawmakers in the house and the house speaker john boehner reacted to his latest proposal the would freeze the interest rates for the year? >> they are unwilling to look at until they see that the senate could actually pass a bill to read this has been an on going back and forth between the house and senate the student loan issue and the highway bill issue for several months now. the house has passed a bill to freeze the subsidized student loan interest rate for one-year for a...
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am not sure that it's true and hopefully this not because there supports this be for the host sean boehner in a closed meeting with house republicans called the discussion over whether or not to allow student interest rate alone to double a phony debate. he said essentially its income on chill and that it's not going to pass it time to prevent those rates from doubling. you know our position on this, the president's position thata, it is unconscionable to allow these rates to double for 7 million students around the country who depend on no interest rates to allow them to attend college, support for taking action to prevent that from happening has generally been bipartisan and we hope that its report come again based on reporting on the coast conference meeting turned out not to be true. the other points it makes it that makes the situation we have heard before from speaker's office that somehow education is not an economic issue. it says they want to focus on jobs and suggest that they believe education doesn't have anything to do with jobs. the american people don't believe that. the pre
am not sure that it's true and hopefully this not because there supports this be for the host sean boehner in a closed meeting with house republicans called the discussion over whether or not to allow student interest rate alone to double a phony debate. he said essentially its income on chill and that it's not going to pass it time to prevent those rates from doubling. you know our position on this, the president's position thata, it is unconscionable to allow these rates to double for 7...
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john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an agreement that helps restore fiscal balance. that's a very important change. you can debate on what motivated that change, and of course it's true that approach has been a popular very substantial support among the american people. you have a much greater recognition that the economy would benefit on a carefully designed balanced agreement on fiscal reform and putting it off indefinitely is not good for the country. that's important, too. and i also think again if you listen carefully to what people are saying and what many politicians are saying with many elected represen
john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an...
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republican leaders, i heard senator mcconnell threaten legislation to take away these benefits, to speaker boehner, to individual republicans in both houses, they're gearing up to repeal one of these benefits, access to birth control. access to birth control. now, i believe women in this country deserve respect. some of them don't want access to birth control. they have a religion that dictates their views and they have every right to make that decision. and others decide that they need to have access to birth control. so the obama administration says to the women of this great nation they believe there ought to be access. but i think it's very important. the institute of medicine said, no exception, they think access to contraception is so important to women's health, they didn't want anyone exception. but the obama administration made an exception for churches, for religious institutions. and under the obama administration's rule, 335,000 religious organizations will not have to offer birth control if they have a conscience reason not to do so. that is a compromise. remember, the health experts
republican leaders, i heard senator mcconnell threaten legislation to take away these benefits, to speaker boehner, to individual republicans in both houses, they're gearing up to repeal one of these benefits, access to birth control. access to birth control. now, i believe women in this country deserve respect. some of them don't want access to birth control. they have a religion that dictates their views and they have every right to make that decision. and others decide that they need to have...
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>> guest: eaker boehner and eric cantor had a hard job. with the president the was radically different from bill clinton. he was governor of arkansas. you had to work with them. even when we were fighting we knew we had to talk to each other. obama is a classic college professor. my way are no way. mr. boehner has kept his temper. then you have harry reid who has no basis for his attacks on romney. president and senate you cannot work with their trying to patiently by their time. and they want a senate who will work. >> caller: hello. i wish you were the classic college professor. i don't know if you are the most intelligent in the room but you articulate the most intelligent points. my president come a first of all, i would like someone to call this man the pander err in chief. women, a free contraception, hispanics, we lfare, a voter registration, amnesty light. it now comes with your welfare check as well as comments on the welfare to work, gay marriage marriage, environmental, xl pipeline, although bail-out and governors get stimulus m
>> guest: eaker boehner and eric cantor had a hard job. with the president the was radically different from bill clinton. he was governor of arkansas. you had to work with them. even when we were fighting we knew we had to talk to each other. obama is a classic college professor. my way are no way. mr. boehner has kept his temper. then you have harry reid who has no basis for his attacks on romney. president and senate you cannot work with their trying to patiently by their time. and they...
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john boehner, arizona senator and others have rejected the allegations. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to a briefing by a man who i frankly can't find enough superlatives to describe. i'm going to give it my best shot. my name is frank gaffney, center for security policy and we are really thrilled to be able to welcome to you and through particularly the media a much larger audience, a man who has acquitted himself in any number of capacities for such enchanted as i say, my modest vocabulary fails me. and each are in is a distinguished public servant having served us among other names, a chief assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york, in which capacity he successfully prosecuted an extraordinarily dangerous conspiracy aimed at trying to destroy the world trade center the first time back in 1993 and hot in its crosshairs a number of other sites, many in the new york area. they resulted in the conviction of the blind shake -- "the blind sheikh" order abdul-rauf men, omar abdel rahman, if insisting on his release. i think andy will speak to that. subsequent to
john boehner, arizona senator and others have rejected the allegations. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to a briefing by a man who i frankly can't find enough superlatives to describe. i'm going to give it my best shot. my name is frank gaffney, center for security policy and we are really thrilled to be able to welcome to you and through particularly the media a much larger audience, a man who has acquitted himself in any number of capacities for such enchanted as i say,...
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. >> how speaker john boehner said right now, we are nowhere in terms of the fiscal cliff negotiation. as the president agree with that assessment? >> no, he doesn't. i think aesop secretary geithner over the weekend. another sunday shows. fairly clearly expressing the president's position to talk about the proposal that the president has pafford and express our belief that there has been progress in that we can achieve a bipartisan agreement. the obstacle remains, at this point, the refusal to acknowledge by republican leaders that there is no deal that achieve the kind of balance necessary without raising on the top 2% of americans, and we look forward to the presentation by republican leaders and their id ideas for spending cuts come as you know. as you know, secretary geithner has pafford a proposal that includes $600 billion in detailed spending cuts in health care and other entitlement programs, and that comes on top of over a trillion dollars in spending cuts as part of the budget control act. and it is contending with our proposals for how to achieve the kinds of revenue from
. >> how speaker john boehner said right now, we are nowhere in terms of the fiscal cliff negotiation. as the president agree with that assessment? >> no, he doesn't. i think aesop secretary geithner over the weekend. another sunday shows. fairly clearly expressing the president's position to talk about the proposal that the president has pafford and express our belief that there has been progress in that we can achieve a bipartisan agreement. the obstacle remains, at this point,...
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a campaign's national press secretary and communication strategists, -- former press secretary john boehner and vice president of jda front line, -- he had quartered in charleston, south carolina. >> you're all invited down. >> we'll meet at hank's. peter brown is assistant director of the quinnepiac university polling institute and of their ubiquitous battleground states and national polls which make quinnipiac most unlikely household words in the political world. has experience covering white house and presidential campaigns for upi and scripps howard. welcome all. as we heard over the last hour there are very substantial differences between president obama and mitt romney on a range of issues. of those differences, which do you think will be the most important in shaping the general election campaign? kevin? >> i think it will come down to, first of all, let me thank everybody for being here. i really want to thank skbrol and peter. it has been a pleasure to be with joel, one of the best in the business and so is peter. i'm very grateful to be up here with them. and ron as we know is one
a campaign's national press secretary and communication strategists, -- former press secretary john boehner and vice president of jda front line, -- he had quartered in charleston, south carolina. >> you're all invited down. >> we'll meet at hank's. peter brown is assistant director of the quinnepiac university polling institute and of their ubiquitous battleground states and national polls which make quinnipiac most unlikely household words in the political world. has experience...
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speaker boehner could end the suspense with one vote. over the weekend the junior senator from tennessee, senator corker, joined a number of senate republicans and more than a dozen house republicans in calling for that vote. to quote senator corker, i'm beginning to believe that is the best route for us to take. many republicans have no leverage in this face-off. democrats agree sending the senate-passed tax cut to president obama's desk is the quickest and most sensible way out of this crisis. avoiding the fiscal cliff is no excuse for republicans to replace this artificial crisis with another one. congress should pass the proposal to end periodic standoffs over the debt ceiling. this plan would give president obama the authority to avoid default over the nation's bills. democrats are ready to vote any time but first senator mcconnell needs to stop filibustering his own legislation rhode island now speaker boehner and minority leader mcconnell are the only thing standing between congress and compromise. it's time for them to prove to a
speaker boehner could end the suspense with one vote. over the weekend the junior senator from tennessee, senator corker, joined a number of senate republicans and more than a dozen house republicans in calling for that vote. to quote senator corker, i'm beginning to believe that is the best route for us to take. many republicans have no leverage in this face-off. democrats agree sending the senate-passed tax cut to president obama's desk is the quickest and most sensible way out of this...
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is there a chance that nancy pelosi could replace john boehner as speaker of the house? or are those races pretty much set? this morning and politico the headline was democrats to try to retake house, folder. and if that's so, why is that, given all the money and effort has been placed on them. the third question is, the role of money in this election, is a unique? is a different? how has it been different? is a the amount of party money and division raise money? has that been drowned out by outside money super pacs and the new ways that people have to fund campaigns, and what does that mean? fourth question i would ask is, will there be any moderates left, or what would be the appetite of those who are left to work with the president, and especially on issues like fiscal cliff, sequestration, taxes, deficits, the debt increase, and even issues that are somewhat more parochial but also very important like the forum to which expired, has expired. we cannot have fun legislation for the first time in many generations. and you know both the president and governor romney had
is there a chance that nancy pelosi could replace john boehner as speaker of the house? or are those races pretty much set? this morning and politico the headline was democrats to try to retake house, folder. and if that's so, why is that, given all the money and effort has been placed on them. the third question is, the role of money in this election, is a unique? is a different? how has it been different? is a the amount of party money and division raise money? has that been drowned out by...
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it was a fight between cancer and boehner to move this forward. congressman berg is talked about his effort to move the farm bill forward. i like and that effort to waking up in the middle of the fourth quarter shooting the ball as often as you can but you are 50 points down. you didn't sign up for the ag committee and you said you supported the farm bill and there's no evidence he tried and when we talk about the discharge position how many votes from the discharge position? there were nine including yours and over 40 democratic votes. so you cannot look at any kind of activity that you had on the farm bill and claim any amount of success or any amount of legitimate effort. the number one job of someone in the united states senate, someone in the congress is to pass the farm bill and now we have got uncertainty because of the gridlock in the house of representatives and not in congress. >> you response? berg: certainly it's simply not accurate. the last farm bill expired as well so your observations of me, i hope they don't apply to our former se
it was a fight between cancer and boehner to move this forward. congressman berg is talked about his effort to move the farm bill forward. i like and that effort to waking up in the middle of the fourth quarter shooting the ball as often as you can but you are 50 points down. you didn't sign up for the ag committee and you said you supported the farm bill and there's no evidence he tried and when we talk about the discharge position how many votes from the discharge position? there were nine...
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speaker john boehner has said that he'd hold a vote on the senate-passed bill or something like it if members fail to agree to a house version. you can watch live coverage of the u.s. senate on c-span2 at 10 a.m. eastern. >>> three years after receiving government funds to stay afloat, general motors reported a profit of $7.6 billion in 2011, its most profitable year ever. gm's chairman and ceo, dan akerson, sat down last week for a discussion about the auto industry, gas prices and the future of electric cars. hosted by the commonwealth club of california in san francisco, this is just over an hour. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. we're very excited to have dan akerson back in the state where he was born, and i believe it's your first visit as ceo in california. fantastic. so now be i will start the radio program, and we'll get going. welcome to climate one, a conversation about america's energy economy and environment. i'm greg dalton. today we're talking about the u.s. economy and auto industry with general motors' chairman and ceo, dan akerson. three years after the obama ad
speaker john boehner has said that he'd hold a vote on the senate-passed bill or something like it if members fail to agree to a house version. you can watch live coverage of the u.s. senate on c-span2 at 10 a.m. eastern. >>> three years after receiving government funds to stay afloat, general motors reported a profit of $7.6 billion in 2011, its most profitable year ever. gm's chairman and ceo, dan akerson, sat down last week for a discussion about the auto industry, gas prices and...
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that's the challenge i gave to the speaker today, speaker boehner. let the house vote. if they voted overwhelmingly, mr. president, one republican suggested, one republican house member that more than half of the republicans in the house would vote for giving the tax security to people who make less than $250,000 a year. so i say let's have speaker boehner call upon the republicans in the house to add 25 or so votes to what the democrats would do, and you'd have 218 votes and we could go on to taking care of the fiscal cliff. mr. president, my friend protests too much. the senate is broken and needs to be fixed and we need to change the rules. we change them all the time. last year we changed the rules. why? because, mr. president, what they were doing -- republicans -- just to stop and slow down everything, after two cloture votes -- remember that takes a long time to file two cloture petitions, a couple of days and then 30 hours. two cloture votes, 60 hours. you would think the debate was all over. oh, no, what they decided they were going to do is suspend the rules a
that's the challenge i gave to the speaker today, speaker boehner. let the house vote. if they voted overwhelmingly, mr. president, one republican suggested, one republican house member that more than half of the republicans in the house would vote for giving the tax security to people who make less than $250,000 a year. so i say let's have speaker boehner call upon the republicans in the house to add 25 or so votes to what the democrats would do, and you'd have 218 votes and we could go on to...
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john boehner. well he is the speaker of the house. is an incredible amount of power and i think, don't think he is an unsympathetic man. i just think i disagree with a lot of things he says but i just don't think he is a horrible person. i just think he toes the party line. if he saw the things in a different way maybe he would bowman fairly divorced himself from his party lines and realize bigger changes need to be made that are more sympathetic to a war larger swath of american public and since you hold so much power for now he would be a guide to get that memo to. and he does the up part -- he gets to travel quite a bit but what those guys and gals and politicians get to see on the trip, don't think it's the same thing i'm looking at. i think it's a quick photo op and back on the plane. just because he is so much power and i think you would definitely benefit. to get a real tan for once. the tanning bed, can't be real good for your skin. [laughter] [applause] >> henry i want to thank you for tonight and thank you all for coming and
john boehner. well he is the speaker of the house. is an incredible amount of power and i think, don't think he is an unsympathetic man. i just think i disagree with a lot of things he says but i just don't think he is a horrible person. i just think he toes the party line. if he saw the things in a different way maybe he would bowman fairly divorced himself from his party lines and realize bigger changes need to be made that are more sympathetic to a war larger swath of american public and...
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have you heard of the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they have made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent so it's pretty easy for most people to get reelected. a lot of them have no o -- o poems. -- opponents. some have nominal opponents, the green party, justice party, constitutional party. they know how to keep them out of the debate, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. what are we doing about the member of congress? we have to ask ourselves some important questions. answer this one for me. please be candid. someone who is your neighbor, let's say, knocks on your door and says hi, i'm your new neighbor. i just want to tell you a little bit about myself. got a min? you put down your little iphone, turn off the tv. i spend 23% of your income. i can let all kinds of companies rip you off, unemployee you, under ensure you, disrespect you, invade your privacy, and expose you to toxic chemicals. i can raise your taxes or lower your taxes. i can send your children to war by letting the preside
have you heard of the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they have made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent so it's pretty easy for most people to get reelected. a lot of them have no o -- o poems. -- opponents. some have nominal opponents, the green party, justice party, constitutional party. they know how to keep them out of the debate, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. what are we doing about the member of congress?...
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you gate final statement. >> i find it interesting you mention john boehner. he'll be in central illinois headlining a fundraising for my opponent in champagne. it's example after example of what happens when you turn over a government to the corporations. you get a medicare prescription drug bill. uncle sam -- we blew $2 trillion with that. you get the subsidizes every year to oil companies. our tax dollars we give to oil companies because these guys take check from exxonmobil. >> moderator: thank you. our next question. illinois state university we had numerous questions submitted be et student. we'll get to the number one question later on in the debate. the next question is the top question from the student. >> on behalf of the students i want to thank you for participating in the debate. one of the top questions that the students e-mailed me about to ask is when it comes to reducing the deficit, there's two ways to reduce it, cuts and or revenue. our cuts enough would you cut would you even vote for a tax increase for revenue? >> moderator: candidate davi
you gate final statement. >> i find it interesting you mention john boehner. he'll be in central illinois headlining a fundraising for my opponent in champagne. it's example after example of what happens when you turn over a government to the corporations. you get a medicare prescription drug bill. uncle sam -- we blew $2 trillion with that. you get the subsidizes every year to oil companies. our tax dollars we give to oil companies because these guys take check from exxonmobil. >>...
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and i'm glad that congressman meeks will be carrying the boehner for this very important region in the world. it's important for a lot of reasons, but one of those reasons is the potential for energy, energy to really free western europe from other alternative sources that may not be right for them all right for the world. and that it is not in certain countries best interest, iran, russia, come to light for the pipeline to go through, to bring those natural energies, oil and gas resources to parts of the world that would like to have an alternative source. and i think it is important for congress to keep an eye on this region, and to make sure that the ability that is in place continues and that these emerging markets are allowed to continue to grow and prosper. because i truly believe that they are a bright spot in the world's future. i yield back. >> thank you very much. ariel cohen is the leading expert in russia, eurasia, eastern europe and the middle east. he serves as a senior research fellow in russian and eurasian studies and international energy policy at the heritage foundat
and i'm glad that congressman meeks will be carrying the boehner for this very important region in the world. it's important for a lot of reasons, but one of those reasons is the potential for energy, energy to really free western europe from other alternative sources that may not be right for them all right for the world. and that it is not in certain countries best interest, iran, russia, come to light for the pipeline to go through, to bring those natural energies, oil and gas resources to...
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john boehner. the speak are over of the house, an incredible amount of power and i don't think he is up sympathetic. i just disagree, but if he saw -- i just don't think he is a horrible person. i just think he is kind of toes the party line. if he saw things in a different way, maybe he would kind of momentarily divorce himself from his party line and realize bigger changes need to be made that are more sympathetic to a larger swath of the american public, and he would be a guy to get that memo to since he has so much power. and he does see a part -- he gets to travel quite a bit. but what those guys and gals, politician president get to see an 0 trip, i don't know if it's the same thing i'm looking at. it's a quick photo op and back on the plane. it would be him because hoe olds so much power and would definitely benefit to get a real tan instead of the tanning bed. can't be good for your skin. [applause] >> henry, i want to thank you for tonight, and thank you all for coming, and i hope you will
john boehner. the speak are over of the house, an incredible amount of power and i don't think he is up sympathetic. i just disagree, but if he saw -- i just don't think he is a horrible person. i just think he is kind of toes the party line. if he saw things in a different way, maybe he would kind of momentarily divorce himself from his party line and realize bigger changes need to be made that are more sympathetic to a larger swath of the american public, and he would be a guy to get that...
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i think boehner could have a problem but i think it's owing to be more single digits so i don't think we will have a problem at all. >> whoever's the present of the united states will have to do deal with the lame-duck session in congress and we have the fiscal issues. what is likely to happen and let's assume obama is reelected. what do you think will happen at then and let's assume romney selective. what do you think will happen in the lame-duck then? >> so much depends of course on who is elected and what the margin is and who is going to take which senate seat. i see a holding action in the lame-duck with nothing definitive unless the president or mitt romney comes in with a very convincing when and just has the kind of sort of moral authority that comes with a wave election either direction. right now, i don't think we see that. chris said maybe it could happen. no, i'm sorry, mike said maybe it could happen for romney if the stars are in alignment. >> yeah my guess is for all the talk on the fiscal cliff it will be pushed off for six months and in addition if you had a wave elec
i think boehner could have a problem but i think it's owing to be more single digits so i don't think we will have a problem at all. >> whoever's the present of the united states will have to do deal with the lame-duck session in congress and we have the fiscal issues. what is likely to happen and let's assume obama is reelected. what do you think will happen at then and let's assume romney selective. what do you think will happen in the lame-duck then? >> so much depends of course...
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house speaker john boehner, arizona senator john mccain and others have rejected the allegations. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a briefing by a man who i frankly can't find enough superlatives to describe. i'm going to give it a shot. i'm frank gaffney at the center for security policy and we are really thrilled to be able to welcome you enter particularly the media a much larger audience, a man who has acquitted hens out in any number of capacities for such distinction as ice day by modest vocabulary fails me. and the mccarthy is a distinguished public servant, having served as among other things the chief assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york in which capacity he successfully prosecuted an extraordinarily dangerous conspiracy aimed at trying to destroy the world trade center the first time back in 1993 and half in its crosshairs a number of other sites, and many in the new york area that resulted in the conviction of the blind sheik, sub tab and his co-conspirators, which is a matter of butterball conspirators at the moment, which the musli
house speaker john boehner, arizona senator john mccain and others have rejected the allegations. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a briefing by a man who i frankly can't find enough superlatives to describe. i'm going to give it a shot. i'm frank gaffney at the center for security policy and we are really thrilled to be able to welcome you enter particularly the media a much larger audience, a man who has acquitted hens out in any number of capacities for such distinction...
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abdicated responsibility since he got his last defeat from the senate democrats who told him, don't take boehner's deal and we have this uncertain, this terrible economy, and here we have mr. mccane's best speaker, and you can see how well he did, trying to defend this policy instead of doing what you need to do. wake people up, say, spending money on government workers and spending more money on their retirements, so me, 60 some-year-old unemployment retiree has to pay more money for the california politics. it's ridiculous. >> guest: well, thank you for the call. and you said a lot. so let me just focus on -- one aspect of your comments and that's our fiscal situation. you're absolutely right. this is a very serious problem. i don't think it's going to be the issue for the next month or the next six months. i think gasoline prices will probably be more of a threat to our economy. but you look out a year or two or three, if we as a nation don't come together and figure out how to address our long-term fiscal challenges in a more consistent, coherent way, we have a big problem. ultimately this is
abdicated responsibility since he got his last defeat from the senate democrats who told him, don't take boehner's deal and we have this uncertain, this terrible economy, and here we have mr. mccane's best speaker, and you can see how well he did, trying to defend this policy instead of doing what you need to do. wake people up, say, spending money on government workers and spending more money on their retirements, so me, 60 some-year-old unemployment retiree has to pay more money for the...
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it's about, um, it's sort of an inside look on house speaker john boehner and the way he manages the tea party in his conference. there's some articles i've read that show just how crazy it can get in there with a lot of these freshmen who are put in by the tea party who arguably with are controlling the way that the house is running even though they're freshmen, and john boehner's in charge. there's one line i have right here, apparently in a meeting with his conference, um, boehner told people, get your ass in line. [laughter] and i think this past congress has been so polarizing and so ineffective that a book like this would be great for some summer reading to just kick back and figure out some of the dramas that were actually going on behind the scenes as we watched nothing happen. another book i'd like to read on a totally different note is called "love is a mix tape." it's a story about -- it's written by someone who works for rolling stone, but it's a personal story about,somebody, about how he fell in love with someone who also fell in love with him, and they were a very unli
it's about, um, it's sort of an inside look on house speaker john boehner and the way he manages the tea party in his conference. there's some articles i've read that show just how crazy it can get in there with a lot of these freshmen who are put in by the tea party who arguably with are controlling the way that the house is running even though they're freshmen, and john boehner's in charge. there's one line i have right here, apparently in a meeting with his conference, um, boehner told...
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on the house side speaker boehner asked representative thornberry for a broad framework of the policy with the house and each individual chairman is supposed to work within their jurisdiction to achieve what is in their jurisdiction and set that framework. chairman rodgers asked us to take a look at what he's felt we could do to solve this problem. obviously this is not going to be a complete solution to the problem but i think and make an important contribution. on examination of the issue we came across -- as a model that harnesses value-added intelligence. information gathering provides the private sector, it's a very narrow pilot. we based our bill on that structure that provides positive authorities for the intelligence community to provide classified information the private sector and also we knocked down as rest discuss tried to knock down those barriers in information sharing. as they were proceeding to the pilot they found the information going outbound to the companies was going pretty well. not a lot of information of value was going back in their and their companies have a
on the house side speaker boehner asked representative thornberry for a broad framework of the policy with the house and each individual chairman is supposed to work within their jurisdiction to achieve what is in their jurisdiction and set that framework. chairman rodgers asked us to take a look at what he's felt we could do to solve this problem. obviously this is not going to be a complete solution to the problem but i think and make an important contribution. on examination of the issue we...
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apparently in a meeting with this conference, john boehner told people get your ass in line and i think this congress has been so polarizing that a book like this would be great summer reading to a kickback and figure out the dramas going on behind the scenes. another book i like to read is love is mixed chief. a story written by someone who work for rolling stone. a personal story about somebody, how he fell in love with someone and fell in love with him. very unlikely pair and she died and he was devastated and -- something i did for years and years. he basically wrote the book that is essentially to her in her honor because he loved her. and his final mix tape for apps if love songs. i can't wait to read that one. >> for more information on this and other summer reading lists visit booktv.org. >> my history of financial institutions as a history of learning about these things, for example, in 1811 new york created a new security law which did two things. corporate wall. allow anybody to set up a corporation with minimal restrictions. they used to have to go to the legislature and get
apparently in a meeting with this conference, john boehner told people get your ass in line and i think this congress has been so polarizing that a book like this would be great summer reading to a kickback and figure out the dramas going on behind the scenes. another book i like to read is love is mixed chief. a story written by someone who work for rolling stone. a personal story about somebody, how he fell in love with someone and fell in love with him. very unlikely pair and she died and he...
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speakers include house speaker john boehner, governor rick perry and herman cain as well as kentucky senator rand paul. >> fewer than 60 days effective april 1, 2012, japan will lower its combined corporate rate to 38%. that will leave the united states with the highest corporate tax rate in the entire industrialized world. this dubious distinction will make it that much more challenging to attract businesses to hire and invest here at home where we need jobs. >> someone said the seeing tax law made is like seeing sausage made. you just don't want to see it. >> it's time for american businesses to put aside our industry-specific wish lists and to work collectively to support a more coherent and equitable tax policy and corporate taxation structure. >> this week house ways and means took up the future of corporate tax policy for publicly-traded companies and how to encourage investment and job growth by lowering tax crates and e limb -- tax rates and eliminating special tax rates. follow the discussion online at c-span.org/videolibrary. >> now, the former middle east adviser to presid
speakers include house speaker john boehner, governor rick perry and herman cain as well as kentucky senator rand paul. >> fewer than 60 days effective april 1, 2012, japan will lower its combined corporate rate to 38%. that will leave the united states with the highest corporate tax rate in the entire industrialized world. this dubious distinction will make it that much more challenging to attract businesses to hire and invest here at home where we need jobs. >> someone said the...
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i recognize, boehner, the type of somebody to negotiability with and i can work with. and -- saying just vote for my stuff. it's not very persuasive. >> all right. thank you both for coming. we got close to the president and went back to the -- couldn't get there. so we work to do, pete, we really do in moving beyond the rhetoric and hopefully the election will make absolutely clear what the american people are hoping for us to do the way we tackle the fiscal cliff and future tax reform. thank you both for joining us. [applause] [applause] >> we talked in the what's panel a lot about 2013 and what's going to happen i want to go back to the end of the year. what do you both feel like is likely to actually happen then, and what are some areas where you can see a comprise happening? >> doug, you want to start? >> sure. i think it's important to recognize that really three different issues involved, and the first is the literally the fiscal cliff. the end of the tax increases and spending cuts that will happen on auto pilot. which i view as a tremendous threat to the econo
i recognize, boehner, the type of somebody to negotiability with and i can work with. and -- saying just vote for my stuff. it's not very persuasive. >> all right. thank you both for coming. we got close to the president and went back to the -- couldn't get there. so we work to do, pete, we really do in moving beyond the rhetoric and hopefully the election will make absolutely clear what the american people are hoping for us to do the way we tackle the fiscal cliff and future tax reform....
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passion from the senator from ohio -- iowa on behalf of the republican majority and sparke speaker boehner, and frankly i have to say that it is offensive to say that the issue of violence against women is about politics. this is about women who are abused, women who are powerless to fight back, women being able to get the protections that they need in this country that has provided protection for a very long time to make sure that women who are immigrants, women who live on a -- in a tribe, women who are gay and lesbian, women who are on college campuses get the protections they support. this is not about politics. this is about violence, and this country stand -- to stand up and say we're going to protect them. make no mistake about it, what they are saying is that they want to move this bill to conference so that they can strip those provisions out. well, they've crossed a line, a line that in the history of this nonpolitical, bipartisan bill has been so deeply important to so many of us. they made this bill about politics just now. i find that offensive. they want to take the senate's
passion from the senator from ohio -- iowa on behalf of the republican majority and sparke speaker boehner, and frankly i have to say that it is offensive to say that the issue of violence against women is about politics. this is about women who are abused, women who are powerless to fight back, women being able to get the protections that they need in this country that has provided protection for a very long time to make sure that women who are immigrants, women who live on a -- in a tribe,...
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question is controlling the rate of growth and that's where the congress, congressman ryan, speaker boehner, bipartisan group all decided that they should be cuts to the growth. you know, just against some of the facts. you know, talk about naval assets. our navy is bigger than the next 13 navies combined. and that's why but fy 20 we will have 300 ships. that's the projection. i can, their plan is in search of a strategy. 60% of those assets are going to be deployed to the pacific by 2020. the air force will have roughly the same amount of plants by 2017 the significantly more platforms, significant more capabilities. this notion of counting ships and we had in 1916 versus ships that we have been 2011, or projected (112)020-2020, is slightly ridiculous, given the incredible capabilities that our forces, their ships under weapons systems now have. and in which they operate. so if you know, it's one thing to say, dov says we should listen to the military when it comes to afghanistan, but we should listen to the military when it comes to our budget. and we should listen to the military when it
question is controlling the rate of growth and that's where the congress, congressman ryan, speaker boehner, bipartisan group all decided that they should be cuts to the growth. you know, just against some of the facts. you know, talk about naval assets. our navy is bigger than the next 13 navies combined. and that's why but fy 20 we will have 300 ships. that's the projection. i can, their plan is in search of a strategy. 60% of those assets are going to be deployed to the pacific by 2020. the...
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john boehner did not issue was the one member who voted to raise taxes on the middle class. >>moderator: another 30 seconds. buerkle: what dan maffei does is distort my record he is not willing to take responsibility for his own record. one has to be responsible. he talks about over $1 million so many file a personal tax return to say it low desperately affect job creators they don't need to be taxed any further. >> guy support the eisenhower rates they could raise 1.2 trillion dollars. we are not hearing from ann marie buerkle 49 how they will cover the deficit. they don't to bring in any other revenue. what program will they cut? >> we do raise 81 percent of what the president was a good raise a few cap at 1 million. the jt's the farms that pay '04 $1 million ann marie buerkle trying to protect her wealthy friends. the adl that i distort the record. >>moderator: reem will see what happens done tuesday. talk about simpson bowles the bipartisan commission studying this and great detail they came up with a plan to reduce it and simplify and lower tax rates across the board al
john boehner did not issue was the one member who voted to raise taxes on the middle class. >>moderator: another 30 seconds. buerkle: what dan maffei does is distort my record he is not willing to take responsibility for his own record. one has to be responsible. he talks about over $1 million so many file a personal tax return to say it low desperately affect job creators they don't need to be taxed any further. >> guy support the eisenhower rates they could raise 1.2 trillion...
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but anyway, first of all, last summer obama and john boehner had a deal to cut 4 trillion from the debt but none of that would go along with it because they didn't want to raise taxes 1 penny on those earning over a million per year. they are not representing the average person they are working for the rich and powerful who pay for the campaign and they want to privatize social security and medicare. second, in 2006 bush and the republican congress past the free trade bill for china which not only sent millions of american jobs but isn't trillions in lost tax revenues from higher jobs. >> host: let's get a response. >> guest: the fact of the matter is the obama administration in the deal, yet that broke down. why? because you had tea party members of the house saying you don't have corresponding cuts in spending. we see revenue deals. all we are seeing is a tax increase. that's what the administration is pushing. and republicans understand to put in the context they've been down this road before. ronald reagan and even bush got into these deals with democrats in the house and the senate
but anyway, first of all, last summer obama and john boehner had a deal to cut 4 trillion from the debt but none of that would go along with it because they didn't want to raise taxes 1 penny on those earning over a million per year. they are not representing the average person they are working for the rich and powerful who pay for the campaign and they want to privatize social security and medicare. second, in 2006 bush and the republican congress past the free trade bill for china which not...
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even though my friend, and i care about him, john boehner, said i want to do big things, not little things. one of the little things he couldn't do is get his caucus to make just a little bit of revenue so we could make a big deal, the grand bargain. then we tried the biden talks. the majority leader of the house of representatives walked out on those talks. th then we had the super committee. a week before, by statute, patty murray and her troops were supposed to offer legislation, i got a letter signed by virtually every republican senator saying no thanks, grover wins again. no revenues. so, mr. president, this is about our country, about doing something about a debt. it will contribute about a trillion dollars to the debt. that's not bad. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? mr. . mr. reid: here we go again. mr. mcconnell: i heard my good friend the majority leader say this is about the deficit. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this is not about the deficit or
even though my friend, and i care about him, john boehner, said i want to do big things, not little things. one of the little things he couldn't do is get his caucus to make just a little bit of revenue so we could make a big deal, the grand bargain. then we tried the biden talks. the majority leader of the house of representatives walked out on those talks. th then we had the super committee. a week before, by statute, patty murray and her troops were supposed to offer legislation, i got a...
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can john boehner cut a deal without eric cantor and paul ryan? >> well i have a pretty good understanding of the house, but i'm always wondering into leadership politics. just to broaden the question a little bit, i think the question is whether or not the speaker is going to be able to bring a good part of his caucus, and that will require a united leadership team. >> just to interrupt, and talking short-term. >> i understand and i think that is going to be a requirement. i think one of the decisions that the speaker will have to make is whether he is prepared to put a bill in agreement on the floor of the house that by not have the majority of republicans in the house to support. that is one of the questions, because senator corker points out that there are a number of ways to say yes on this but it's not clear in my mind whether there is a way that necessarily brings the majority of the house republicans. not that we can't get a majority in the house but the hastert rule after speaker hastert you have to have half the republicans the matter wh
can john boehner cut a deal without eric cantor and paul ryan? >> well i have a pretty good understanding of the house, but i'm always wondering into leadership politics. just to broaden the question a little bit, i think the question is whether or not the speaker is going to be able to bring a good part of his caucus, and that will require a united leadership team. >> just to interrupt, and talking short-term. >> i understand and i think that is going to be a requirement. i...
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patrick's day thing where he visited with john boehner, and he told this like jolly st. patrick's day story about how, you know, we may haggle over issues during the day, but at night we're such good friends. i was like, woah, you know, like, i've been covering this guy for a long time, and it just doesn't sound like him, and so i think part of what you have to do is find a way to set aside political requirements in a way that's authentic to him and appeals to people who found him to be an original and unique voice in american and political life. >> thank you, both, for coming. i feel everyone is asking what i'm asking. i hope it's not making you repeat yourself, but i also wanted to ask about obama's political instincts because my impression about him in leading about him is he's very intellectual like a law professor in approaching policy issue, and i was wondering, and you also see stuff in the news about questioning what is the obama doctrine in looking for common threads policy-wise, and so i was wopped -- wondering if you could talk about how he approaches policy i
patrick's day thing where he visited with john boehner, and he told this like jolly st. patrick's day story about how, you know, we may haggle over issues during the day, but at night we're such good friends. i was like, woah, you know, like, i've been covering this guy for a long time, and it just doesn't sound like him, and so i think part of what you have to do is find a way to set aside political requirements in a way that's authentic to him and appeals to people who found him to be an...